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ABOVE PHOTO: Kanye West (Photo: Shutterstock) Associated Press NEW YORK — Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagramlocked because of antisemitic posts from the rapper, now known legally as Ye. Spokespersons for Twitter and Instagram parent company Meta said Sunday that Ye posted messages that violated their policies. In a tweet sent late Saturday, Ye said he…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Angela Lansbury, actress of “Murder She Wrote” in 1992. (AP Photo) By MARK KENNEDY ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK — Angela Lansbury, the big-eyed, scene-stealing British actress who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This image released by Orion Pictures shows Danielle Deadwyler, left, and Jalyn Hall in a scene from “Till.” (Orion Pictures via AP) By JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS  Almost by default, filmmakers typically take a wide lens to historical moments like the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till. In reaching for a defining chapter…

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By Steve Bryant Greetings, culture fans and mavens! It’s been a long two years with this pandemic and the resultant shutdown of all cultural venues, nightclubs, and concert halls. However, things have finally opened up, so all the presenters of music, theater, dance, and the visual arts now have filled their calendars with all types…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Vernon Jordan, III  (Photo: CineSPEAK) By Kharisma McIlwaine For some creativity is innate. Vernon Jordan, III is one of those people. Jordan is a filmmaker, poet, writer and teacher. The Philadelphia native and Afrofuturist continues to lend his voice as a visual lyricist to telling stories about the African American experience. After graduating…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Activist and actress Sacheen Littlefeather, a subject of the PBS special “Reel Injun,” takes part in a panel discussion about the show at the PBS Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) By JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS  Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This combination of photos shows Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in a scene from “Blonde,” left, and Marilyn Monroe posing on a subway grate while filming “The Seven Year Itch” in New York on Sept. 9, 1954. (Netflix via AP, left, AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman) By JOCELYN NOVECK ASSOCIATED PRESS  What a dream…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Country music singer Loretta Lynn points to her Hollywood Walk of Fame star during induction ceremonies in Hollywood, Ca., on Feb. 8, 1978. (AP Photo) By KRISTIN M. HALL ASSOCIATED PRESS  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia…

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(Photos/Afea Tucker) The Jacksons — Jackie, Tito, and Marlon, along with a backup singer and band — came to town and performed nearly all their hits and fan favorites during their sold-out concert at the Parx Casino’s Xcite Center in Bensalem. The concert raised funds for Universal Family of Schools to help students and young…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Sidney Poitier from the documentary “Sidney.” (Bob Adelman/Apple TV via AP) By Mark Kennedy ASSOCIATED PRESS  Sidney Poitier was not expected to live. He was born two months premature to uneducated tomato farmers in the Caribbean. His father planned to use a shoe box as a makeshift coffin. Poitier’s rise from that humble…

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